Smuggled in Syringes: Inside Nairobi’s Black Market in Giant Harvester Ants

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the biblical text Book of Proverbs, King Solomon describes the harvester ant as a model of wisdom and industriousness: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!” Almost 3,000 years later, the thriving international parallel market for […]